New Union vs Reece City

A side-by-side comparison of New Union and Reece City: population, income, housing, and more.

New Union and Reece City are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Union has the higher population (927 vs 795 in Reece City). Reece City has the higher median household income ($73,472 vs $43,493 in New Union). Reece City has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $144,600 in New Union).

Population, income & housing

	New Union	Reece City
Population	927	795
Median age	32.3 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,493	$73,472
Median home value	$144,600	$155,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,083
Housing units	377	360
Homeownership rate	86.6%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Union	Reece City
Population	829 → 927 (+11.8%)	719 → 795 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $43,493 (-7.8%)	$51,000 → $73,472 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $144,600 (+67.9%)	$130,300 → $155,100 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $673 (-11.0%)	$693 → $1,083 (+56.3%)

New Union

Population

829927

Median household income

$47,188$43,493

Median home value

$86,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$756$673

Reece City

Population

719795

Median household income

$51,000$73,472

Median home value

$130,300$155,100

Median gross rent

$693$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Union	Reece City
Under 5	9.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	23.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	19.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	18.2%
75 and over	4.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Union	Reece City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Union	Reece City
No high school diploma	16.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Union	Reece City
Drove alone	93.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Union	Reece City
1-unit, detached	69.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	New Union	Reece City
Poverty rate	27.0%	5.2%
Average household size	2.82	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	37	48
Median year structure built	1982	1981